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If you're looking for a universal set of ethic principles, you would first have to toss aside
any societal influences. Societies come up with their own rules and standards usually
with much basis on historical values, religious, etc. This would put the entire system
to moot if we took their values into consideration since, in finding a universal set, their
values do not matter.
What you would more or less have to look for in deciding upon them, if you wish to do
so, is base them in a utilitarian way -- the greatest good for the greatest number of
people. Throwing aside all of their 'common beliefs', people generally can accept a
truth when it generally does seem like a good idea to uphold. As I'm thinking of this,
you would basically have to go by what ART said, which is that the only way to see
these types of things inacted, would be through legislature -- which is where most
common beliefs stem from in the first place (or at least enforced from.) The
same goes for most religions, which are run like governments, in a way.
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